Thomas
Cromwell
aka Baron Cromwell
Born in Downpatrick, County Down, Ireland
Ancestors 
Son of Edward Cromwell
and Frances (Rugge) Wingfield
Brother of
Elizabeth (Cromwell) Shelton [half], Anne (Cromwell) Wingfield and Frances (Cromwell) Wingfield
Husband of
Elizabeth (Meverell) Cromwell
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died after
after age 58
in Tickencote, Rutland, England
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| Created 24 Aug 2011
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Biography
Descendant of honored ancestors.
Thomas Cromwell was a member of the aristocracy in England & Ireland.
Thomas Cromwell is Notable.
Lord Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Ardglass, (Peerage of Ireland) was born on 11 June 1594 in Ardglass, Downpatrick, County Down, Northern Ireland.
He was the son of Lord Edward Cromwell, 3rd Baron Cromwell and Frances Rugge-Winfield. Frances Rugge, daughter of William and Thomasine Townshend, married to Edward Cromwell in 1593.
Lord Thomas Cromwell married Elizabeth Meverell-Cromwell daughter of Robert Meverell of Ilam, Staffordshire, and Elizabeth Fleming, the daughter of Sir Thomas Fleming, Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench.
He succeeded to the title of 4th Baron Cromwell (England) on 24 September 1607.
He was created 1st Viscount Lecale, in Ulster [Ireland] on 22 November 1624.
He was commander of the Regiment of Horse [Ireland] for the King during the Civil War.
He was created 1st Earl of Ardglass [Ireland] on 15 April 1645.
He subsequently made his peace with the Parliament, paying £460 for his 'delinquency.' What was his "delinquency?" He was Roman Catholic and had to renounce that.
Children of Lord Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Ardglass and Elizabeth Meverell:
Lady Mary Cromwell m. William FitzHerbert of Tissington d. 8 Apr 1676
Wingfield Cromwell, 2nd Earl of Ardglass b. 12 Sep 1624, d. 3 Oct 1668
Vere Essex Cromwell, 4th Earl of Ardglass b. 2 Oct 1625, d. 26 Nov 1687
He died in 1653. He was buried at Tickencote, Rutland, England. His last will and testament was dated 26 March 1653. His will was proven (by probate) in 1661.
Of interest, Lord Thomas Cromwell was a cousin to Oliver Cromwell.
Sources
- Collections for a History of Staffordshire (Staffordshire Record Society, 1912) Third Series, Page 330
- A P Baggs, Jane Freeman and Janet H Stevenson, 'Parishes: Amesbury', in A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 15, Amesbury Hundred, Branch and Dole Hundred, ed. D A Crowley (London, 1995), pp 13-55 British History Online
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